Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
This seemed appropriate for the first post of what I hope will be many that chronicle the finest in both music and the music video artform itself. The music video for the 1979 song “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the first music video to be shown on MTV when the music channel debuted on August 1, 1981, at 12:10 A.M. It also became the millionth video to be aired on MTV on February 27, 2000. And now its greatest honor - as it unveils BestMusicVideos.org!
Directed by Russell Mulcahy who went on to direct some famous music videos for Duran Duran, Elton John, Billy Joel, and dozens of other bands before directing the cult classic movie Highlander and most recently Resident Evil: Extinction.
